| Description | Captain George Stevens, church warden in the year 1755: 12 May 1755: To cash received from Mr John Taylor and Mr John Cooper, overseers of the balance of my account, on page 219. 12 May 1755: To cash received, Elizabeth Emerson, for the rent of a house. 20 January 1756: To cash received, Solomon Baker, buried in linen 12 February 1756: To cash received, Captain James Winter, buried in linen 12 February1756: To cash received, Elizabeth Oliver's pension from the East India Company at 2 payments. 12 February 1756: To cash received, from the church warden of Ratcliff Mr Radford, legacy of £100 to the poor of Stepney in 3 ½ per cent, Bank Annuities 12 February 1756: To cash received, the rent of Emerson's house. 15 June 1756: To cash received of Mr Taylor and Mr Cooper, the balance of their accounts, page 241.
We among others whose names are here subscribed, inhabitants of the hamlet of Poplar and Blackwall in the parish of Stepney in the county of Middlesex, have examined the aforegoing accounts of Captain George Stevens, church warden of the said hamlet for the year 1756, and find the same to be just and right. Witness our hands, 15 June 1756 Joshua Woodcock John Batson Christopher Felton The mark of x Francis Peacock The mark of William Rogers George Wheatley William Waller John Taylor John Sharp Alexander Norcliffe |